Hat packing stay



Oct. 11, 1949. J. G. HUYE 2,484,167

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Huye and: Merle v Huye; legatees; by- Judgment of-Possessino f;said Joseph G. Huyc, deceased, assignors to-l Huye Space; Saving Box System, Inc., New-0rleans, La.

Application October- 15, 1-945, Seria-hNo. 622,441

4 Claims. 1.

This invention relates to hat packingstays of thegeneral type and construction andfor the same purpose and used in the manner all as shown and: described in Letters Patent of the United States No. 2,384,680 granted to me on.

September 11-, 1945, for Hat packing stay and combination package.

The primary purpose of the present invention is to improve the hat packing stay mentioned by providing a bracing orstopv element limiting the movementof cradling or swingable members. 510i the stay against or under the down. thrustof the supported hat to prevent the crushing of; the cradlingv or swingable members 5-01: their depression towardithe top or body I of the-stay to such extent as torpermit the hatbrimlto-reston or' be scuffed by contact therewith when the packing or shipping box is accidentally dropped; or subjected to an upthrust. A further object is to provide a simplified andv positive: corner lock construction.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 represents aperspectiveview of, a. hat packing stay. embodying my invention;v

Figure 2, a top-plan'view thereof Figure 3; a sideelevation-thereof:

Figure 4, a sectional view on the line 4-4. of Fig. 2, looking in the direction. of the arrows; the outline of a hat being shown in. position: inthe stay in light dot and dash lines; and

Figure 5, a plan, view of a blank all; stamped, cut and scored in,finished condition, in .flat;sheet formingwhich it is stored and shippedandready to be erected for use.

The stays ofthis-invention will, of course, be'

made in various sizes and heights an in accordance withathezteaohingiofjsaid;Letters Patent.

Each stay is formed with a fiat plane or sheet top or body I with a large centralihat-crownreceiving opening 2.

Integral. with saidtopportion or. body I and hingeclly connected therewith along the fold lines 6v at the sides and ends of said. opening 2101* with the edges of the sides and endsdefiningsaidiopening 2. are the swingable or cradling members 5. Eachmember 5 has an upwardlyv presented outwardly inclined, resilient, yieldably upwardly pressed or swingably upwardly pressed hat brim contacting and supporting member 3 integrally connected with the upper portion of said member 5 by an integral hinge connection along fold or scored line 4. The inherent natural resiliency of the card-board or paper-board or paper material from which each said stay is formed is relied upon to resiliently press, urge or swing each member. 5downwardand,inward about its hinge connection 6, and: also to, resiliently press, urge or. swing achsuppo g member. or to th .9- Ward andinward of the opening 2 with respectto its correspondingmember 5 about the'axisof; the hinge fold, 4;,

A strut or brace 'l integrally connected with each; corresponding cradling member; 5; at the central. portion of the; corresponding: hinge fold l and;cut along parallel sides from said member 5 to extend outwardly from the-foot 3 into the-body I and cuttherfifrom along the remainder; of its sidesandits free outer end is; notched out at l in one-sideportion close to its free outer 811615110 leave a looking or retaining-tongue'la between the outer edgeof: said notch l ndthe extreme outer endedge-of the strut or brace 1, the OthBIyOIY 011twardly presented end' wall lb, of said notch '1 serving asapositiye stop preventing further outward movement-of the strut or brace l.

Adjacent; each free end; of each strut or; brace 13 is; a, cooperating slot. 8, which. has aportion preferably; substantially parallel to the free end of; the cor-responding: brace or strut T and; offset with relation thereto preferably sov that its end or bent edgewise toward the angle or" the. slot 8 and,insentedtherethrough;andthenbeingreleased to spring back to straight form by theirinherent resiliency and to receive the material of body I at. the end ofltheslot flzinnotch-T' of thebrace or strut-1', whereby the outer end edge or wall la of said notch I will engage the lower face of the body I to prevent thecradling member 5 and foot 3- from collapsing inward and the strut or brace I from pulling out" of the slot 8' and the inner end edge or wall lb of said notch l wil1 engage the upper face of the body I toprevent the outward collapsing or flattening of the cradling member 5 and foot 3 under thrust of the supported hat due to the package being subjected to a sudden Jar.

Integrally connected by fold lines 9 with the ends respectively of the top portion or body I are the end lips or flanges II and similarly side lips or flanges l 2 are respectively integrally connected with the sides of said top portion or body I by fold lines l0.

Fold lines iii, in the erected condition of the stay extending Vertically, integrally connect end panels 15 respectively with the respective side portions of the respective end flanges H and similarly fold lines 23, in the erected condition of the stay extending vertically, integrally connect the end tabs 25 respectively with the free ends;

of the respective end panels l5.

Fold lines 14, in the erected condition of the stay extending vertically, integrally connect side.

flaps 16 respectively with the respective end portions of the respective side flanges. 12.

In the erected condition of the stay the upper edges I! of the end panels l5 and I8 of the side next lower stay.

The respective end panels are formed with substantially U:-shaped slots 19 and straight vertical slits or cuts 2[ to respectively receive the connecting tongues 20 and slanting locking fingers 22 of the respective side flaps 16, the upper and lower edges of the tongues 20 respectively engaging the upper and lower edges or walls of the respective slots 59 of the respective panels Hi to vertically align the panel and the flat of each pair, and the ends of the respective flaps l6 engaging the outer face of the respective panels l5 on either'side of the respective slots 59 limit relative endwise movement between the flap [6 and panel of the respective pairs of flaps l6 and panels 15 and the respective locking fingers 22 hooked through the slits or cuts 21 of the respective panels [5 serve to prevent relative endwise movement in the other direction between the flaps l6 and panels I5 of the respective pairs of panels l5 and flaps l6.

It is felt that the manner of erection and use are obvious from the foregoing.

Usually such stays will be shipped and stored in fiat blank or sheet form as illustrated in Figure 5 and Will only be erected as the need for their use arises, and it is intended that after they have been used to ship one lot of goods they shall be knocked down to flat sheet form and in sheet form returned to the factory, jobber or wholesaler to be used again and again in making further hat shipments.

I claim:

1. A hat packing stay comprising a body formed with a hat-crown receiving opening and hat supporting and cradling members disposed at spaced intervals about the margin of said opening, each said member being integrally connected by a hinge fold to said body and including a base portion normally yieldingly resiliently pressed toward said opening and yieldingly held to spread outwardly and downwardly under the weight of a supported hat and a hat-brim supporting portion yieldably carried by said base portion, in combination with means respectively connected with portions of the respective cradling members and extending through said body and formed with faces to respectively, engage the upper and lower faces of said body to limit the outward and inward swinging movements respectively of said respective cradling members.

2. A paper-board hat packing stay comprising a body formed with a hat-crown receiving opening and hat cradling members disposed at spaced intervals about the margin of said opening, each said member including a base portion integrally connected by a resilient hinge fold to said body and a hat-brim engaging portion integrally connected by a resilient hinge fold to said base pertion, in combination with means respectively connected with said hat-brim engaging portions of the respective cradling members and extending through said body and formed with faces to respectively engage the upper and lower faces of said body to limit the outward and inward swinging movements respectively of said respective cradling members.

3. A paper-board hat packing stay comprising a body formed with a hat-crown receiving opening and hat cradling members disposed at intervals about said opening, each said member including a base portion integrally resiliently connected with said body and a hat-brim engaging portion integrally resiliently connected with said base portion, in combination with means respectively integrally connected with portions of the respective cradling members and formed with a portion to engage said body to limit the outward swinging movements respectively of said respective cradling members.

4. A hat packing stay comprising a flat inherently resilient sheet material web formed with a central hat crown receiving opening, means for supportingsaid web at points about its outer periphery spaced fro-m said opening, and hat cradling members disposed at intervals about said opening, each said member including a, base portion integrally resiliently connected with said web and a hat brim engaging portion integrally resiliently connected with said base portion, in combination with a strut connected to said cradling portions and extending into engagement with said Web at a location spaced substantially inwardly from the outer periphery thereof and thus resiliently yieldable responsive to forces exerted on said hat cradling member.

JOSEPH G. HUYE.

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